"The PFA does not represent players when they have broken the law and been convicted on non-football matters."- Gordon Taylor in 2009 following Marlon King's release after a prison sentence for sexual assault & ABH

If it's City, surely it's the owners and not the club itself that's going to buy a stake.

Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."

"(They are) probably one of the most famous football clubs - probably top three ...."

Does that sound like MC?

Sounds like a bloke who don't know his football to me.

TBF to Modi tho, whatever else he is he's a shrewd guy, so it's possible he's just using the EPL for a bit of reflected glamour & the interest is entirely imaginary. If it gets anyone who otherwise wouldn't give a rats about the IPL interested it's probably done its job too.

What I find most fascinating is that the most expensive club, belonging to the biggest city in India, initially cost $112m.

In two years, a new club in a comparatively minor city (to Mumbai) will start at $250m. That's an amazing appreciation of value in two years. I would say the Mumbai franchise is worth at least $350m by now, which is no small change, especially in India.

Now you may say they are overvalued, but unlike sports franchises in many part of the world, many made a profit in their first year, and all of them made a profit in the seocnd year, despite the substantial costs involved in terms of repaying the cost of the team to BCCI.

What I find most fascinating is that the most expensive club, belonging to the biggest city in India, initially cost $112m.

In two years, a new club in a comparatively minor city (to Mumbai) will start at $250m. That's an amazing appreciation of value in two years. I would say the Mumbai franchise is worth at least $350m by now, which is no small change, especially in India.

Yeah, it's all about the risk, those initial purchases were for a league that could have potentially failed.